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| {{IPA|/x/}} || {{IPA|/ç/}} | | {{IPA|/x/}} || {{IPA|/ç/}} | ||
| {{IPA|/ɣ/}} || {{IPA|/j/}} | | {{IPA|/ɣ/}} || {{IPA|/j/}} | ||
| <ref>{{IPA|/ŋ/}} and {{IPA|/ŋ′/}} had never developed any lenis counterparts, neither in the modern nor historical forms of the language</ref> | | <ref name="dorsal nasal">{{IPA|/ŋ/}} and {{IPA|/ŋ′/}} had never developed any lenis counterparts, neither in the modern nor historical forms of the language</ref> | ||
| | | <ref name="dorsal nasal"/> | ||
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Talk about monophthongs here | Talk about monophthongs here | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Monophthong phonemes | |||
! colspan="2" | | |||
! {{IPA|//Ə//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//I//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//A//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//O//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//U//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//E//}} | |||
! {{IPA|//İ//}} | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | Dialect A | |||
! short | |||
| {{IPA|/ə/}}<ref name="central vowel">distinction is made between a central vowel in a broad environment, {{IPA|/ə/}}, and a central vowel in a slender environment, {{IPA|/ɪ/}}</ref> || {{IPA|/ɪ/}}<ref name="central vowel"/> | |||
| {{IPA|/a/}} || {{IPA|/o/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/u/}} || {{IPA|/e/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/i/}} | |||
|- | |||
! long | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|/aː/}} || {{IPA|/oː/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/uː/}} || {{IPA|/eː/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/iː/}} | |||
|} | |||
== Diphthongs == | == Diphthongs == |
Revision as of 09:49, 13 October 2021
Introduction here
Consonants
Labials
Talk about labials here
//F// | //P// | //B// | //M// | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
Dialect A | fortis | /f/ | /f′/ | /p/ | /p′/ | /b/ | /b′/ | /m/ | /m′/ |
lenis | ∅[1] | /f/ | /f′/ | /v/ | /v′/ | /v/ | /v′/ |
Coronal Obstruents
Talk about coronal obstruents here
//S// | //T// | //D// | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
Dialect A | fortis | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /t′/ | /d/ | /d′/ |
lenis | /h/ | /ɣ/ | /j/ |
Coronal Sonorants
Talk about coronal sonorants here
//R// | //L// | //N// | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
Dialect A | fortis | /R/ | /r/ | /L/ | /L′/ | /N/ | /N′/ |
lenis | /r/ | /r′/ | /l/ | /l′/ | /n/ | /n′/ |
Dorsals
Talk about dorsals here
//K// | //G// | //Ŋ// | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
Dialect A | fortis | /k/ | /k′/ | /g/ | /g′/ | /ŋ/ | /ŋ′/ |
lenis | /x/ | /ç/ | /ɣ/ | /j/ | [2] | [2] |
Vowels
Monophthongs
Talk about monophthongs here
//Ə// | //I// | //A// | //O// | //U// | //E// | //İ// | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dialect A | short | /ə/[3] | /ɪ/[3] | /a/ | /o/ | /u/ | /e/ | /i/ |
long | /aː/ | /oː/ | /uː/ | /eː/ | /iː/ |
Diphthongs
Talk about diphthongs here
Triphthongs
Talk about triphthongs here
Nasalised Vowels
Talk about nasalised vowels here
Footnotes
- ↑ lenition of either /f/ or /f′/ equates to no sound being pronounced at all
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 /ŋ/ and /ŋ′/ had never developed any lenis counterparts, neither in the modern nor historical forms of the language
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 distinction is made between a central vowel in a broad environment, /ə/, and a central vowel in a slender environment, /ɪ/